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Category Archive: BangShift 1320, BangShift Question Of The Day??, MOPAR

Caption This: A V6-powered Chrysler Against A Charger Hellcat? How Is That A Fair Fight?

David, meet Goliath. In the right lane is a Chrysler 300. It’s a silver beauty with a V6 and the new eight-speed TorqueFlite transmission, and is dead stock. The air conditioning is cold, there...

This CTS-V Coupe Review From Consumer Reports Isn’t The Yawn Fest You Expect – They Just Drift It!

The only way I ever thought I’d put a Consumer Reports video on BangShift is if it involved a late-model vehicle that was prone to random and catastrophic explosions or was recalled to within...

Roadkill! Dodge Has Sponsored The Misfits And Entrusted Them With Two Hellcats And A Viper – Carnage Ensues!

Ever since Freiburger and Finnegan started teasing out info that involved Roadkill, Dodge and something involving Hellcats and a Viper, lots of people have been waiting with baited breath to see just...

Event Gallery: ChallengerFest 6’s Show Night In Bowling Green – From Mild To Wild, Plenty Of Late-Model Mopars To Check Out

ChallengerFest may have started out as one gearhead’s nod of appreciation to his car, but in six short years it’s grown to an international affair and the way “Speedy” handles...

Freiburger Finishes Off The EBC Brakes Mustang And Finnegan Talks Some Smack On This Episode Of Hot Rod Garage!

For the last few episodes of Hot Rod Garage, Freiburger has been taking us through a budget-minded build of a 2005 Ford Mustang GT that was tuned to have a little more power and a lot more handling...

This 1971 Ford LTD Droptop Is Just Begging To Be Driven – If You Like Them Topless And Big, This One’s For You!

Seventeen years of legal driving (plus many more on top of that) and the only convertible I’ve ever driven was a 1987 Chrysler LeBaron that had at least once cylinder calling it a day. The car...

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Check Out This Footage FCA Released Of The 2015 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Playing At Moab!

For years now, Jeep puts together some excellent concept vehicles, hauls them out to Moab, and in the spirit of marketing and having fun, takes them out onto the trail during the Easter Jeep Safari....

The Test Mule For Rolls-Royce’s Upcoming 4×4 Looks So Wrong, Yet So Right

The second I saw this Rolls-Royce test mule, code-named Project Cullinan, I started smiling. Rollers are highly esteemed cars, exceptionally luxurious and eye-wateringly expensive. There isn’t...

This Golden Pontiac Trans Am Is For Sale For Over $3.6 Million Dollars

Here’s the facts behind what you are seeing: this 2002 Pontiac Trans Am was bought by All Naeemi, an Iranian living in Germany, in 2004. The car was imported in, and customization work began....

Did Somebody Say “Dino”? FCA Confirms New Engines For Alfa Romeo, Including A Ferrari-Designed V6

Ferrari is known for their riotous V8s and screaming V12s, but the Dino V6 has plenty of racing credibility of it’s own, finding homes in the Dino 206 and 246 and most notably, the Lancia...

Ebay Find: Could You Resist Cutting Up This 1982 Ford Durango?

Fox-body Fords are easy to come by. But finding a Ford Durango is like finding a diamond in the dirt while pulling weeds in your backyard. Numbers vary, but somewhere between 80 and 350 of the utes...

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Wait…What? Cadillac Boss Says That ATS and CTS Are Doomed…Just When Things Are Getting Good

Out of all of General Motors’ dysfunctional behaviors, one really annoying one stands out above all the others: they create a car. It might not be good, but they will give it enough time that...

Does A Car Reflect A Personality Or A Culture? In The Case Of This Black Dart, It Does Both

Geoff Gates’ Dodge Dart is a sinister-looking beast, isn’t it? Black inside, black outside, and it even has California black plates on it. It’s a mean-looking Dart, one that’s...

Burnout Monday: The “Mad Matt” Chrysler 300 SRT-8, Complete With Emissions-Legal 6-71 Supercharged 6.1L Hemi

In the matter of the last two weeks, this car has been sent to me as a suggestion nineteen times. Pictures from the 2015 Spring Festival from various angles showed the same thing: a murdered-out 2006...